Agency Staff

Michael Weir: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what average hourly rate the Prime Minister's Office paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency.

Patrick McFadden: For these purposes, the Prime Minister's Office forms an integral part of the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office has utilised framework agreements for the provision of temporary agency workers at administrative and secretarial levels, average hourly costs are shown in the table.
	
		
			   Adecco  Sammons  Huntress  Brook Street 
			 2001-02 12.70 12.39 — — 
			 2002-03 12.70 12.71 — — 
			 2003-04 13.08 13.17 — — 
			 2004-05 13.34 13.17 — — 
			 2005-06 13.34 13.17 15.28 12.58 
			 2006-07 12.23 — — — 
			  Note: Figures are exclusive of VAT.

Departmental Staff

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff there are in the  (a) Strategy Unit,  (b) Delivery Unit and  (c) No. 10 Policy Unit; and how many are drawn from (i) consultancy firms and (ii) major accountancy firms in each case.

Hilary Armstrong: As at 30 June 2006, staff numbers based as full-time equivalents for the following units are shown in the table.
	
		
			Secondments or short term fixed term appointments from: 
			  Unit  Staff number as full-time equivalent  consultancy firm  accountancy firm 
			 Strategy Unit 49.91 (1)3 — 
			 Delivery Unit 60.8 (1)8 — 
			 No. 10 Policy Directorate (2)9.9 — — 
			 (1) Figure included in the units staff number as full-time equivalent figure.  (2) Includes six special advisers.

Special Educational Needs

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many statements of special educational needs have been issued in England in each of the last five years.

Parmjit Dhanda: The information requested is shown in the table.
	
		
			  Children for whom a statement of SEN was made for the first time ( 1)  each calendar year, England 
			   Number 
			 2001 32,470 
			 2002 30,720 
			 2003 28,780 
			 2004 25,990 
			 2005 24,040 
			 (1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: SEN2 Survey

Special Educational Needs

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of mainstream school pupils have a statement of educational needs in  (a) Gravesham and  (b) Kent.

Parmjit Dhanda: The information requested is shown in the table.
	
		
			  Mainstream schools: Number and percentage of pupils with statements of SEN( 1 ) January 2006 
			   Gravesham parliamentary constituency  Kent local authority 
			Pupils with statements of SEN   Pupils with statements of SEN 
			   Total pupils  Number  Percentage  Total pupils  Number  Percentage 
			 Maintained nursery 76 0 0.0 76 0 0.0 
			 Maintained primary(2) 8,707 88 1.0 110,190 1,364 1.2 
			 Maintained secondary(2) 8,068 148 1.8 98,948 2,136 2.2 
			 Total mainstream 16,851 236 1.4 209,214 3,500 1.7 
			 (1) Excludes dually registered pupils.(2) Includes middle schools as deemed. Source: Schools' Census

Game Birds

Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  how many establishments are registered for the annual release of  (a) 10,000,  (b) 25,000,  (c) 50,000,  (d) 75,000 and  (e) 100,000 partridges;
	(2)  how many establishments are registered for the annual rearing of  (a) 10,000,  (b) 25,000,  (c) 50,000,  (d) 100,000,  (e) 150,000 and  (f) 200,000 partridges;
	(3)  T how many establishments are registered for the annual release of  (a) 10,000,  (b) 20,000,  (c) 30,000,  (d) 40,000 and  (e) 50,000 pheasants;
	(4)  how many establishments are registered for the annual rearing of  (a) 50,000,  (b) 100,000,  (c) 200,000,  (d) 300,000,  (e) 400,000 and  (f) 500,000 pheasants.

Ben Bradshaw: The information requested, taken from the Great Britain Poultry Register on 2 October 2006, is set out in the following tables:
	
		
			  Production type: releasing (for shooting) partridges 
			  Number of birds  Number of premises 
			 1 to 10,000 2,779 
			 10,001 to 25,000 59 
			 25,001+ 13 
		
	
	
		
			  Production type: rearing (for shooting) partridges 
			  Number of birds  Number of premises 
			 1 to 10,000 1,344 
			 10,001 to 25,000 97 
			 25,001 to 50,000 37 
			 50,001+ 22 
		
	
	
		
			  Production type: releasing (for shooting) pheasants 
			  Number of birds  Number of premises 
			 1 to 10,000 6,542 
			 10,001 to 20,000 148 
			 20,001 to 30,000 42 
			 30,001 to 40,000 16 
			 40,001+ 21 
		
	
	
		
			  Production type: rearing (for shooting) pheasants 
			  Number of birds  Number of premises 
			 1 to 50,000 2,717 
			 50,001 to 100,000 48 
			 100,001+ 20 
		
	
	All data are subject to change. Some of the ranges for number of birds have been amended to prevent the disclosure of information about individual holdings.

Clostridium Difficile

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the change in the number of cases of clostridium difficile over the last seven years; and if she will make a statement.

Andy Burnham: The Health Protection Agency receives reports from microbiology laboratories of cases in all age groups through voluntary surveillance.
	Data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2005 is shown in the table. It is not clear how much of the increase in the number of reports is due to improved reporting of cases, an increase in ascertainment, or an actual rise in "Clostridium difficile" disease incidence. It was to help establish a baseline that we introduced mandatory surveillance in 2004.
	
		
			  Voluntary laboratory reports of clostridium difficile  England and Wales 1999 to 2005 
			   England  Wales 
			 1999 17,279 1,438 
			 2000 18,812 1,744 
			 2001 20,064 1,599 
			 2002 26,357 1,710 
			 2003 33,201 1,587 
			 2004 40,401 2,114 
			 2005(1) 46,501 1,939 
			 (1 )Provisional totals.   Source: www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/clostridium_difficile/c_diff_reports_isolated_faecal_specimens_england.W.

Complaints against Doctors

Alex Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many formal complaints were recorded against doctors in each year since 1999.

Andy Burnham: The table gives numbers of complaints made between April 1999 and the end of March 2005, which is the latest available audited data. There is one table for hospital and community health service complaints with details of complaints by profession. Family health service complaints are not broken down by profession.
	The source of this data reflects complaints made through the NHS complaints procedure and does not include complaints made to the General Medical Council (GMC) or to other professional bodies, such as the General Dental Council or the National Midwifery Council.
	
		
			  Written complaints about hospital and community services by profession 
			  England 
			   1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05 
			 Number of written complaints by profession 86,536 95,734 93,020 91,023 90,156 90,066 
			
			 Medical (including surgical) 38,261 43,892 42,994 40,819 40,094 40,762 
			 Dental (including surgical) 711 726 723 893 853 762 
			 Professions supplementary to medicine 4,546 4,969 5,248 5,015 4,833 4,514 
			 Nursing, midwifery and health visiting 17,966 18,892 17,908 18,062 19,379 19,308 
			 Scientific, technical and professional 1,258 1,502 1,544 1,609 1,612 1,670 
			 Ambulance crews (including paramedics) 3,212 3,243 3,063 2,658 2,548 2,201 
			 Maintenance and ancillary staff 1,923 2,295 1,910 2,078 1,678 1,925 
			 PCT administrative staff/members (exc FHS admin) 880 1,081 1,015 822 1,086 1,196 
			 Trust administrative staff/members 7,729 8,925 8,319 8,668 7,778 7,619 
			 Other 10,050 10,209 10,296 10,399 10,295 10,108 
			  Notes:1. Number of complaints may differ to the figures shown in other tables as one complaint can cover more than one professional area.2. The rows marked 'medical (including surgical)' and 'dental (including surgical)1 do not represent complaints concerning doctors in their entirety, as there will be complaints that are not about a single profession (for example where a complainant is unhappy with their treatment by a doctor and a nurse).3. Data as at 1 April to 31 March. Source:The Information Centre for health and social care KO41a dataset

NHS Complaints

Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints were made against the NHS between 1998 and 2005.

Andy Burnham: The table gives numbers of complaints made between April 1998 and the end of March 2005, which is the latest available audited data. There is one entry for hospital and community health service complaints and one entry for family health service complaints.
	The source of this data reflects complaints made through the national health service complaints procedure and does not include complaints made to the General Medical Council or other professional bodies.
	
		
			  Written complaints about NHS hospital and community services and family health services 
			  England 
			   Hospital and community services (HCHS)  Family health services (FHS)  Total number of written complaints HCHS and FHS 
			 1998-99 86,013 — — 
			 1999-2000 86,536 — — 
			 2000-01 95,734 — — 
			 2001-02 93,020 — — 
			 2002-03 91,023 42,844 133,867 
			 2003-04 90,122 43,347 133,469 
			 2004-05 90,413 43,407 133,820 
			  Note:Data as at 1 April to 31 March. Source:The Information Centre for health and social care KO41a dataset.

Physiotherapists

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many new jobs have been created in physiotherapy in Lancashire in each year since 1995;
	(2)  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many physiotherapy graduates on average have worked in the NHS in Lancashire in each year since 1995.

Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the format requested. The number of physiotherapists working in the former Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area between 1995 and 2005 are shown in the table.
	
		
			  NHS hospital and community health services: qualified physiotherapy staff in Cumbria and Lancashire SHA area as at 30 September each specified year 
			   Headcount 
			 1995 513 
			 1996 539 
			 1997 559 
			 1998 565 
			 1999 582 
			 2000 586 
			 2001 633 
			 2002 643 
			 2003 700 
			 2004 766 
			 2005 764 
			  Source: The Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census

Kent Police (Cautions)

Julian Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of cautions issued by Kent county constabulary in each of the past five years were for  (a) first offences,  (b) second offences and  (c) third or subsequent offences.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for the number of people convicted of fraud in  (a) Brent and  (b) London in each year since 1997 can be found in the following table.
	Data for 2005 will be available in November.
	
		
			  Number of defendants convicted at all courts, for offences relating to fraud in Brent, 1997 to 2004( 1,2) 
			  Offence class  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 
			 Frauds by company directors, etc(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 False accounting(4) 11 24 23 13 5 4 7 5 
			 Other fraud(5) 57 74 135 100 112 118 104 133 
			 Total 68 98 158 113 117 122 111 138 
			 (1.)These data are provided on the principal offence basis  (2.)Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  (3.)Includes the following: False statements by company directors, etc, Other fraud by a company director, and giving false information for Confidentiality Order, or providing confidential information in breach of the regulations under S.723C  (4.)Includes the following: False accounting, failing to keep proper accounting records, authorising failure to keep proper accounting of records, permitting failure to keep proper accounts, failing to keep proper accounts, failing to secure preservation of accounting records, and, failing to keep accounting records open to inspection.  (5.)Includes the following: Obtaining property by deception, Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception, Conspiracy to defraud. Purporting to act as a spiritualistic medium for reward, Taking marks from HM property in any store, Fraudulent issue of money order by Post Office servant. Fraudulently retaining, secreting, etc. postal packet or mail bag, Fraudulently printing, mutilating or re-issuing stamp. Frauds by farmers in connection with agricultural charge, Cheating at play, etc. Dishonestly destroying, defacing or concealing a document. Dishonestly procuring execution of a document. Railway frauds, Frauds in connection with sale of land, etc.(triable only on indictment). Frauds in connection with sale of land, etc.(triable-either-way). Obtaining services by deception (except railway frauds). Evasion of liability by deception (except railway frauds). Making off without payment. Assisting another to retain the benefit of criminal conduct. Acquisition, possession or use of proceeds of criminal conduct. Concealing or transferring proceeds of criminal conduct.Disclosure of information likely to prejudice an investigation. Insider dealing. Obtaining a money transfer by deception. Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit. Dishonest representation for obtaining benefit etc. Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences. Unauthorised modification of computer material. Knowingly concerned in fraudulent evasion of contributions. Cartel offences. Corrupt transactions with agents. Other fraud.  Source: RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform Our Ref: PQ 222-06 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of defendants convicted at all courts, for offences relating to fraud in London, 1997 to 2004( 1,2) 
			  Offence class  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 
			 Frauds by company directors, etc(3) 5 1200 605 305 30 0 0 0 
			 False accounting(4) 345 428 412 316 179 186 186 209 
			 Other fraud(5) 2,282 2,452 2,417 2,506 2,386 2,577 2,532 2,459 
			 Total 2,632 2,892 2,829 2,828 2,570 2,766 2,723 2,671 
			 (1.)These data are provided on the principal offence basis  (2.)Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  (3.)Includes the following: False statements by company directors, etc, Other fraud by a company director, and giving false information for Confidentiality Order, or providing confidential information in breach of the regulations under S.723C  (4.)Includes the following: False accounting, failing to keep proper accounting records, authorising failure to keep proper accounting of records, permitting failure to keep proper accounts, failing to keep proper accounts, failing to secure preservation of accounting records, and, failing to keep accounting records open to inspection.  (5.)Includes the following: Obtaining property by deception, Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception, Conspiracy to defraud. Purporting to act as a spiritualistic medium for reward, Taking marks from HM property in any store, Fraudulent issue of money order by Post Office servant. Fraudulently retaining, secreting, etc. postal packet or mail bag, Fraudulently printing, mutilating or re-issuing stamp. Frauds by farmers in connection with agricultural charge, Cheating at play, etc. Dishonestly destroying, defacing or concealing a document. Dishonestly procuring execution of a document. Railway frauds, Frauds in connection with sale of land, etc.(triable only on indictment). Frauds in connection with sale of land, etc.(triable-either-way). Obtaining services by deception (except railway frauds). Evasion of liability by deception (except railway frauds). Making off without payment. Assisting another to retain the benefit of criminal conduct. Acquisition, possession or use of proceeds of criminal conduct. Concealing or transferring proceeds of criminal conduct.Disclosure of information likely to prejudice an investigation. Insider dealing. Obtaining a money transfer by deception. Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit. Dishonest representation for obtaining benefit etc. Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences. Unauthorised modification of computer material. Knowingly concerned in fraudulent evasion of contributions. Cartel offences. Corrupt transactions with agents. Other fraud.   Source: RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform Our Ref: PQ 222-06

Fireworks

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many serious injuries were caused due to fireworks in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

Paul Goggins: Information on the number of serious injuries that were caused due to fireworks in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years is not available. However, information on the number of people injured as a result of fireworks over the Halloween period, in Northern Ireland, for the years 2001 to 2005 is available and is detailed in the following table.
	
		
			   Number of patients reporting with firework injuries 
			 2005 86 
			 2004 55 
			 2003 45 
			 2002 38 
			 2001 136 
			  Source:Annual Departmental Return, FWK1

Neurological Conditions

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people  (a) with and  (b) without neurological conditions were participating in work-related activities and work-based adult learning and job brokering programmes on the Pathways scheme in the last three years.

Jim Murphy: The information is in the following table:
	
		
			   Neurological condition  Non-Neurological condition  Medical condition unknown( 1)  Total 
			 Number of individuals starting Pathways to Work 3,660 114,500 79,080 197,230 
			  Of which participated in: 
			 Work-related activities 20 310 260 590 
			 Work-based adult learning 10 410 210 640 
			 Job brokering programmes 320 9,150 2,970 12,430 
			 (1) Job brokering programmes: Data is for the number of people registering with a New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) Job Broker.   Notes: 1. The statistics quoted in this response are taken from the Pathways to Work Evaluation Database.  2. Figures are cumulative totals from the inception of Pathways in October 2003 to the end of February 2006.  3. All figures have been rounded to the nearest ten.  4. A neurological condition is a disorder of the central and/or peripheral nervous system. This can include disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and muscles etc.  5. Work related activities: Data is for the number of individuals participating in WORKSTEP, Work Preparation and Work Trials. We do not have robust information on the number of individuals participating in Permitted Work.  6. Work-based adult learning: Data is for the number of individuals starting Work Based Learning for Adults.  7 Medical conditions may be unknown because: Not all Pathways participants claim IB (they may claim Income Support with a Disability Premium) and medical condition is only recorded for those claiming IB; or The National Benefits Database lags behind other Pathways to Work Evaluation Database sources by some three to four months. This means that the database does not contain information on the medical condition of customers starting Pathways in later months; or IB data from the NBD is based on a six-weekly snapshot, which means that some short-term IB claims of less than six weeks never appear on the database. This means that we do not have medical condition information for some customers who have claimed IB for less than six weeks. 8. The National Benefits Database only includes information on a customer's primary medical condition despite the fact that often people will have more than one medical condition.